He told a weekend interview: “This further highlights the quango’s failure to learn lessons from previous cases where it has given support to companies run by people with dubious backgrounds.”

But Rock hit back, saying: “This conviction is historical, was personal, and as such has no relevance to the Bedlam Group.

“It has only been through the support it has received from Scottish Enterprise that Bedlam has been able to grow its turnover from £500,000 several years ago to £1million today, creating jobs in the process.”

A Scottish Enterprise spokesman said: “The support provided to Bedlam Paintball over the past two years has been directly related to improving the company’s performance and helping to develop its business.

“There are strong systems in place for checking SE funds are spent only on the specific project activity we agree to support.”

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